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Anxiety increases heart patients’ likelihood of suffering a heart attack, stroke, or heart failure, new research shows.

And the link between anxiety and such events can’t be explained by health…

Of the three main types of oral drugs commonly added to levodopa therapy for patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease, one might be the most effective, according to…

Dendritic spines act as hubs for communication between nerve cells. Reductions in spines may contribute to a lack of coordination in activity between brain regions. This structural abnormality is…

Children and teenagers who smoke marijuana may have a somewhat heightened risk of developing depression, a new study suggests - though whether the drug itself is to blame is…

More than 135 brain diseases including autism, chronic pain, schizophrenia and dementia are linked to defects in proteins in the junctions between nerve cells, scientists have found.

Researchers have…

Parents who conceive through in vitro fertilization (IVF) can rest easy - their children will be just as moody as other teenagers conceived “the old fashioned way” but no more…

If you’re feeling depressed, you might feel better if you take fish oil supplements, a new study shows.

Some patients in the study, but not all, got relief from the omega…

A new study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) reveals that only 777 of 13,688 (6 percent) substance…

Young men with anxiety disorders may have an increased likelihood of developing heart disease by middle-age, a new study suggests.

The study, which followed nearly 50,000 Swedish men…

Older adults with relatively low intakes of vitamins B6 and B12 may have a higher risk of developing depression than those who get more of the nutrients, a…

Nothing in our subjective self-experience gives us so much the impression of individuality and uniqueness as our feelings. Not only poetry but art in general has elevated the realm of emotions to a…

Why is there so much disagreement about whether using recreational drugs is morally wrong? A University of Pennsylvania psychology study shows that the…

Three genes that have barely been studied to date have now provided fresh knowledge about patients with suicidal backgrounds. This is the result of a study by…

Young men who attempt suicide before age 18 are much more likely as adults to be aggressive toward their girlfriends or wives, including hitting…

Highly variable sleep schedules predict an elevated risk for suicide independent of depression in actively suicidal young adults, according to a research abstract…

A new study from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA suggests that increasing cigarette taxes could be an effective way to reduce smoking among individuals…

Children with autism have a different chemical fingerprint in their urine than non-autistic children, according to new research published tomorrow in the print edition of the…

Over 90 percent of psychiatric patients who received treatment in community hospitals were cared for in hospital-based psychiatric specialty units, according to a study sponsored…

Smoking pot may be linked to worsening schizophrenia, according to a new study.

Researchers say the results also suggest that among those likely to develop the disease, those who…

A major study of more than a million children has found strong links between receiving medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and limited maternal education,…

A intervention that combined cognitive behavioral therapy and guided self-help was effective and cost-saving for patients with disorders that involve binge eating, a randomized trial showed.

The intervention plus usual care allowed more…

Neither obesity nor simple overeating will be included in the DSM-5, the forthcoming revision to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Diseases, but binge eating is on track to…

Exposure to the common virus that causes cold sores may be partially responsible for shrinking regions of the brain and the loss of concentration skills,…

Adding to evidence that mental health conditions may affect heart health, a new study finds that veterans with anxiety disorders have an increased risk of heart attack.

Using medical records…

Prescribing heroin to addicts who can’t kick their habit helps them stay off street drugs, British researchers said Friday.

So far, doctors have had little hope of treating the…